1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves to your browser or device when you visit the site. Cookies are widely used by websites to make them work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners about how visitors use their site.

Cookies are generally safe. They cannot execute code, carry viruses, or install malware. They are simply small data files used for specific purposes as described throughout this policy.

1.1 Types of Cookies by Duration

1.2 Types of Cookies by Origin

1.3 Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, this policy also covers the following similar technologies that may be used on our site:

• Web Beacons (Pixel Tags): Tiny transparent images embedded in web pages or emails that allow the sender to know when the content was viewed. Used by Google Analytics and advertising systems.
• Local Storage: A browser feature similar to cookies that stores data locally on your device. May be used by advertising scripts for frequency capping and user preference storage.
• JavaScript Tags: Small scripts embedded in pages that collect data about visitor behavior and device characteristics for analytics and advertising platforms.

2. Cookies We Use: Complete Inventory

The following tables provide a complete inventory of every category of cookie present on ownednotowned.com/, the specific cookies within each category, their purpose, and their duration.

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. Without them, basic functions like page navigation, form submission, and security verification would not work. Because they are essential, these cookies cannot be disabled.

2.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. The data helps us improve our content, navigation, and overall user experience. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.

2.3 Advertising and Targeting Cookies

These cookies are set by Google AdSense, our advertising partner, to display relevant advertisements to you on our site and across other websites. They may track your browsing activity across different websites to build a profile of your interests and show you targeted advertisements based on that profile.

2.4 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use on our pages.

2.5 Spam Prevention Cookies

We use Akismet, a service provided by Automattic Inc., to help prevent spam comments on our blog. Akismet may set cookies to help distinguish legitimate users from automated spam bots.

3. Why We Use Cookies: Legal Basis

Under applicable data protection laws including the EU ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, and corresponding national laws, we must have a legal basis for using non-essential cookies. Here is the legal basis for each category of cookies we use:

4. How to Control and Manage Cookies

You have several options to control how cookies are used when you visit ownednotowned.com/. Each method is explained in detail below.

4.1 Browser-Level Cookie Controls

All major browsers provide cookie control settings that allow you to accept, block, or delete cookies. The following links take you directly to the cookie settings for each major browser:

4.2 Opt Out of Google Analytics

To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits to our site (and other sites using Google Analytics):

• Browser Add-on: Install the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This works in all major browsers and permanently prevents Google Analytics tracking.
• Google Account Settings: If you are signed in to a Google account, you can manage whether Google uses your data for Analytics purposes at myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy.

4.3 Opt Out of Google Advertising Cookies

Google AdSense uses cookies to serve personalized advertisements. You can control and opt out of personalized advertising through several channels:

• Google Ads Settings: Visit www.google.com/settings/ads to view and control what information Google uses to show you ads, and to opt out of personalized advertising altogether.
• Google’s “About the Ads” Control: Click the “Why this ad?” or AdChoices icon (▶) visible on any Google ad to manage or report the specific ad.
• Google’s Privacy and Terms: Full details of Google’s advertising data practices are available at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

4.4 Industry-Wide Opt-Out Tools

Several industry organizations provide centralized opt-out tools that work across many advertising networks simultaneously:

• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): US opt-out tool available at www.aboutads.info/choices — covers dozens of advertising networks
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): Available at www.networkadvertising.org/choices — another comprehensive US opt-out resource
• European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): For EU users, the opt-out tool is at www.youronlinechoices.com
• AppChoices (Mobile): For mobile app advertising, download the DAA AppChoices app to opt out of interest-based advertising in participating mobile apps

4.5 Deleting Cookies Already Stored on Your Device

To delete cookies that have already been stored on your device:

• In your browser settings, look for an option to clear browsing data or clear cookies and cached files
• You can typically choose to clear cookies from all time or from a specific time period
• Deleting cookies will log you out of any sites where you are currently logged in and will remove stored preferences
• On mobile devices, use the browser’s settings menu or the device’s application settings to clear cookies

5. Third-Party Cookie Policies

Several third parties set cookies on our site through the services they provide. Each of these parties has their own comprehensive privacy and cookie policies that govern how they use data. We encourage you to review them:

6. Cookies and Your Privacy Rights

6.1 European Economic Area and United Kingdom (GDPR / ePrivacy)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive (also known as the “Cookie Law”) apply to our use of cookies. Under these laws:

• Non-essential cookies (analytics and advertising) require your freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent before being set
• You have the right to withdraw consent at any time without detriment
• You have the right to request access to, correction of, and deletion of any personal data collected through cookies
• You have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated

For requests related to personal data collected through cookies, contact us at hello@ownednotowned.com with the subject line “Cookie Data Request.”

6.2 California Residents (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide you with specific rights related to the data collected by cookies on our site. You have the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to delete personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

Google AdSense’s use of your browsing data for personalized advertising purposes may constitute “sharing” of personal information under the CPRA. You can opt out of this by visiting www.google.com/settings/ads or by using the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out tool at www.aboutads.info/choices.

To exercise any of your California privacy rights related to cookie data, contact us at hello@ownednotowned.com with the subject line “California Cookie Privacy Request.”

6.3 Other US State Privacy Laws

Several other US states have enacted comprehensive privacy laws with cookie-related implications, including Virginia (CDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), and Utah (UCPA). We are committed to honoring opt-out requests from residents of all states that have enacted such laws. Contact us at hello@ownednotowned.com to exercise your rights under your state’s applicable privacy law.

7. Cookie Consent for New and Returning Visitors

When you first visit ownednotowned.com/, you may be shown a cookie consent notice that allows you to accept or manage your cookie preferences. This notice is particularly important for visitors from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions where consent is required before non-essential cookies can be set.

Your consent preferences are stored in a first-party cookie (ono_cookie_consent) so that we do not display the consent notice on every page load. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Preferences” link in our website footer, or by contacting us directly at hello@ownednotowned.com.

If you clear your browser’s cookies, your consent preferences will also be cleared and the consent notice will appear again on your next visit.

8. Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that sends a signal to websites requesting that your activity not be tracked. Currently, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, and ownednotowned.com/ does not currently alter its cookie or tracking practices in response to DNT browser signals.

You can achieve similar results to DNT by using the browser-level, Google-specific, and industry-wide opt-out tools described in Section 4 of this policy.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable law, or changes in our business practices. When we update this policy, we will:

• Update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page
• Post a notice on our site for material changes
• Where required by law, request fresh consent for any new non-essential cookies added to our site

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically. If you continue to use our website after changes to this policy have been posted, you are agreeing to the updated policy.

Previous versions of this Cookie Policy are available upon request by emailing hello@ownednotowned.com with the subject line “Previous Cookie Policy.”

10. Contact Us About Cookies

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us: